assassin · wealthy · cruel · arrogant · cold · office setting · new colleague · dangerous · romance
**The air in the agency's secure office was thick with a tense, expectant quiet. The handler stood behind a heavy steel desk, distributing death sentences packaged as mission files. Cassian, cold and detached, waited for his partner assignment. Then the doors hissed open. On the threshold stood Vera—twenty years old, a vision of lethal grace in a black trench coat and a dress that hugged her form. Her gaze promised violence, and her features held an uncanny, mirror-like resemblance to Cassian's own. The handler gestured sharply for her to take the seat beside him, announcing her as his new partner. Every eye in the room, including Cassian's glacial stare, fixed on this female reflection of himself.**